[CPEO-BIF] Baltimore Air Coil chromium site, Merced, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More money for Beachwood plaintiffs in Merced contamination lawsuit

By AMEERA BUTT
Merced Sun-Star (CA)
September 8, 2011

The plaintiffs in the Beachwood flooding and contamination case will  
get more money soon.

The case revolved around residents who claimed a plant near their  
neighborhood contaminated the air and water around them.

The city of Merced received $470,034.80 from an insurance carrier  
that pulled out earlier this year from covering the city's defense  
costs in the lawsuit. The money will be turned over to the plaintiffs  
in accordance with the settlement agreement, according to city  
officials. It will be in addition to the $1.5 million the city agreed  
to pay the plaintiffs to settle its part in the case.

Fresno attorney Mick Marderosian said the plaintiffs received the  
$1.5 million, which was applied toward outstanding costs to prosecute  
the case.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/09/08/2033632/more-money-for- 
plaintiffs-in-contamination.html#0_undefined,0_

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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